new way to get rid of telemarketers

bynsky
bynsky Posts: 15,837 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Me: Hello?
Telemarketer: Hello, is your mother home?
Me: I have no mother.
Her: Well can I speak to your father?
Me: Yeah, which... one?
Her: Which one is home?
Me: Well they're both home..but I don't think you want to talk to Carlos. He just went through a breakup with his boyfriend, Antonio.
Her: Oh, so your fathers' names are Carlos and Antonio?
Me: No, no! My fathers' names are Carlos and Mark.
Her: So who's Antonio?
Me: I just told you, Carlos's ex.
Her: So Carlos was cheating?
Me: Yes, but that's only because Mark was cheating with Edith, our neighbor.
Her: So Carlos cheated only because Mark cheated?
Me: No, he THOUGHT Mark was cheating.
Her: So Mark wasn't cheating?
Me: I never said that.
Her: Yes, yes you did!
Me: No I didn't.
Her: Y-yes! You did!
Me: Did what?
Her: Y-you-Nevermind have a nice day, goodbye.

My mom's reaction=priceless.

Replies

  • ChristineMarie89
    ChristineMarie89 Posts: 1,079 Member
    HA!!!!
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    :laugh:
  • Pauline3290
    Pauline3290 Posts: 80
    Great great great - I fully intend to steal this and use it the next time I get a cold-caller!! Thanks for posting.
  • jaxxie
    jaxxie Posts: 576 Member
    LMAO! PRICELESS IS RIGHT!
  • Sarahbara76
    Sarahbara76 Posts: 601 Member
    :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :love: :heart::heart: :heart: :heart:
    SO AWESOME!! :flowerforyou: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • lordsangel
    lordsangel Posts: 167
    thats too funny! I'm trying that next time!:laugh:
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    That's awesome!
  • CarolinaGirlinVA
    CarolinaGirlinVA Posts: 1,508 Member
    My Favorite!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWIMRKq2eZI
  • floshideaway
    floshideaway Posts: 101 Member
    Definitely have to try that one next time, it is hilarious
  • grumpy2day
    grumpy2day Posts: 198 Member
    I love it! I used to tell them yes, I would love that; do you take food stamps?:bigsmile:
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    My husband answer telemarketer calls in a booming voice: "THOR, GOD OF THUNDER! WHO DARES DISTURB ME?!?"

    They always hang up.
  • taxidermist15
    taxidermist15 Posts: 677 Member
    my mates date was a sales rep for a lawn and garden place

    he got called up by a telemarketer over in India about long distance phones calls or something of that nature.
    he managed to sell the indian 5 bags of fertillizer! lol now thats a sales rep!
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    My experience with telemarketers goes something like this:

    Me: Hello
    Her: Blah, blah, blah, bl....
    Me: Sorry, I'm not interested
    Her: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah b....
    Me: I'm not interested OK??? TAKE ME OFF YOUR CALL LIST!!!
    Her: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah blah....
    Me: Click
  • icemaiden17_uk
    icemaiden17_uk Posts: 463 Member
    Oh my God that is fantastic!!
  • MrsRawwwr
    MrsRawwwr Posts: 166 Member
    When I lived at home, I used to tell them my dad was in prison. He was, technically...working. That worked pretty well too.
  • icemaiden17_uk
    icemaiden17_uk Posts: 463 Member
    my mates date was a sales rep for a lawn and garden place

    he got called up by a telemarketer over in India about long distance phones calls or something of that nature.
    he managed to sell the indian 5 bags of fertillizer! lol now thats a sales rep!

    Ha ha ha!! Great!!
  • clemsontiger78
    clemsontiger78 Posts: 19 Member
    My husband kept talking to one once. He asked her lots of personal questions and then asked her out on a date, but made sure to tell her not tell me, his wife, because I have a very jealous, dangerous personality.

    She hung up.

    He asked another one once what type of education you needed to be a telemarketer. She replied she was college educated. He proceeded to berate her for wasting her parent's money they paid for her education just to be a telemarketer. She began to ask him to stop being mean to her. He reminded her she called him. She started to cry.

    She hung up.

    Both times I was rolling in the floor laughing.
  • khagador
    khagador Posts: 175 Member

    He asked another one once what type of education you needed to be a telemarketer. She replied she was college educated. He proceeded to berate her for wasting her parent's money they paid for her education just to be a telemarketer. She began to ask him to stop being mean to her. He reminded her she called him. She started to cry.

    She hung up.

    Both times I was rolling in the floor laughing.

    Well that's mean. It's hard to find a job in your field right now. Don't be mean to telemarketers. Just politely ask to be taken off their call list.
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